(recycle is a given!)
This blog will detail what may seem to be two contradictory passions - non-consumerism and thrift shopping! However, in my quest to lead a less wasteful lifestyle, I have realized that used and vintage purchases quench my thirst for shopping, and provide me with durable, well-made goods that have stood the test of time.

August 14, 2011

Vintage Baubles for Me; Vintage Decorations for my House

Here are a few things I purchased over the last week from garage sales and the thrift store. I am still finding vintage jewellery to add to my collection. Below is a golden Coro brooch, a red enamel one, and a strand of tiny irregular pearls.

I've already worn the pearls several times, and the Coro brooch once. At the same garage sale I found this good quality bedskirt, so I paid $15.50 for the lot.

Perhaps that is a little much, but I was already looking for a bedskirt for my newly repainted bedroom and didn't think I could find anything close to this at conventional stores.At a different garage sale I came home with something that I didn't need....

....this plastic, orange, mushroom-shaped 70s lamp. I am a sucker for the colour orange, and since such things are so rare, I couldn't leave it behind. Afterwards I told Hus I had buyer's remorse and he wondered how much I had paid for it. When I replied "three dollars" he looked relieved and reassured me that it was a neat find for that amount of money. It is now residing in our office, and I expect it will stay there.

During the week I visited the thrift shop and found two plates for the decorating project I want to do in our stairwell.

The top one is Myott, English china that I am unfamiliar with. Don't you think it looks like a contemporary design? But the stamp on the back looks like it is from the 1960s or 1970s. And the bottom one is Kathie Winkle; the pattern is Calypso. A dollar each.And finally I threw in these .25 vintage cupcake toppers. (or at least that's what I assume they are)

I guess that commits me to making cupcakes next Valentine's Day!

I am linking this post of my thrifted finds to Flea Market Finds over at the blog 'Her Library Adventures.'

I love your plates! I bought a Kathie Winkle plate at a carboot sale a couple of weeks ago - I got it with 2 other plates and paid £1 for the 3 - I absolutely love all of them and have used them quite a lot already. Your lamp is fab and so was the price you paid.